A recent poll confirms that Doug Ford’s favourability ratings are falling hard and fast. His level of support is lower than Kathleen Wynne’s was at the end of her tenure, lower, as the president of Mainstreet Research Quito Maggi says, than any incumbent premier has ever seen this soon after being elected. Mainstreet asked voters […]
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EDITORIAL: Time for Ford to press “eject” (Summer 2019)
July 16th, 2019 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Time for Ford to press “eject” (Summer 2019)
EDITORIAL: Ford’s angry budget (May 2019)
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Ford’s angry budget (May 2019)
The most recent Ontario budget targets Toronto for over $177 million in annual provincial funding cuts. The targeted cuts are to Toronto’s programs in healthcare, child care, legal aid, tourism, and transit. In exchange, Premier Ford’s province-wide base gets a few shiny trinkets, and as a whole the budget still fails to resemble the kind […]
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EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May 2019)
May 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (May 2019)
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EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Spring 2019)
April 23rd, 2019 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (Spring 2019)
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EDITORIAL: It’s not your private police force, Mr. Ford (Spring 2019)
April 23rd, 2019 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: It’s not your private police force, Mr. Ford (Spring 2019)
When an Ontario public servant decided to leak the province’s secret plan to overhaul the healthcare system to the media, Premier Doug Ford shifted into attack mode and demanded an investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). It seems the Premier has an affinity for calling in the police, in the hopes they’ll do his bidding. […]
EDITORIAL: It’s hardly ‘for the students’ (Winter 2019)
March 14th, 2019 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: It’s hardly ‘for the students’ (Winter 2019)
Premier Doug Ford’s latest plan to restructure funding for post-secondary institutions would mean the average college student can look forward to saving $340 in tuition fees this September, while the average arts and science student in university can look forward to saving $660 per year. The plan, however, is little more than a reckless ruse […]
Editorial: Blowing smoke on the climate file (Dec. 2018)
December 30th, 2018 · Comments Off on Editorial: Blowing smoke on the climate file (Dec. 2018)
After axing his predecessor’s carbon tax policies, the premier has offered the province a new climate change plan that asks more questions than it answers. Repealing the cap-and-trade system also cancels the programs funded by its revenues, including rebates for energy-efficient renovations, transit projects, clean energy production like wind and solar, and a fund for […]
EDITORIAL: This premier is not for the people (City Election 2018)
October 17th, 2018 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: This premier is not for the people (City Election 2018)
On October 2 Premier Doug Ford told the Ontario legislature, “We’re getting rid of Bill 148. We’re going to make sure we protect the front-line workers.” It’s not clear how these two sentences relate, because the bill he wants to axe — which he said was destroying Ontario and making it uncompetitive — is designed […]
EDITORIAL CARTOON: How Nice (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · 1 Comment
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EDITORIAL: Eight weeks lost to Ford’s madness (October 2018)
October 16th, 2018 · 1 Comment
For some time now, perfume and cologne companies have marketed their wares as if the wearer would be donning a new character, not just a new scent. High Endurance, Wild, and More Swagger are just some of the options on offer, to which we humbly suggest another, Just Swagger. Designed especially for the newly-minted Ontario […]
EDITORIAL: A lost cause worth fighting for (Aug./Sept. 2018)
September 11th, 2018 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: A lost cause worth fighting for (Aug./Sept. 2018)
We believe that lost causes are the ones worth fighting for. A case in point is the City of Toronto’s battle against the premier’s Better Local Government Act, which cut Toronto City Council from 47 to 25 seats. It was a move that reinforced the provincial government’s wide-ranging powers over the city, powers that are […]
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EDITORIAL: Reclaiming our city (Summer 2018)
August 12th, 2018 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Reclaiming our city (Summer 2018)
Doug Ford announced his intention to cut Toronto City Council from 47 to 25 members last month. Coming when the municipal election had already begun, without notice or consultation, this move is a threat to our right to be represented equitably and effectively. While this bombshell seems to have taken everyone by surprise, it’s certainly […]